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Alien Virus

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could have been an excellent title. However, it just didn't have the overall captivating pull that it needs. The biggest pitfalls were the slow/too sensitive control interface, which can make things you want to happen almost impossible at times."
223:. Your character, Joshua, is dispatched to a space station to make some deliveries. Your girlfriend is also working on this station. While you're en route, the stations gets infected with a mysterious--you guessed it!-- 156:
2 stars and stated that "This game is fun to play and an improvement on the old text adventure format in many respects. However, it is also lacking in effective text, the greatest strength of the best text adventures."
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US, which rated the game 59% and stated "If the puzzles had been more interesting, or more closely related to the story, I might have at least stuck with the game to its end. But ultimately,
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in 2000 gave the game a "D" and said: "The premise is overly familiar, though not a game killer; it's basically the same story as the original film
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The player character, a pilot named Joshua Stone, lands on Station Zeus after a month in hyper space, but finds the space station empty of life.
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is not likely to cause a headache in professionals, there is a latent risk of infection for beginners and advanced users.
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criticized the poor controls, but felt that the graphics and animations compensated for that. German magazine
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Perry, Kevin; Chapman, Ted; Kaiafas, Tasos (June 1995).
173:proved to be too much of a snooze to be worth it." 102: 90: 82: 70: 60: 50: 38: 24: 412: 8: 419: 405: 397: 30: 21: 254:(in Italian). February 1995. p. 32. 526:Video games about extraterrestrial life 242: 319:"Game Zero's PC Gaming Arena Reviews" 7: 252:K: Guida al Divertimento Elettronico 179:was similarly lukewarm on the game. 250:"Kil Lato Oscuro dei Videogiochi". 321:. 23 February 2014. Archived from 14: 506:Point-and-click adventure games 295:"It's Dark and Scary and Stuff" 531:Video games developed in Italy 367:. 25 July 2008. Archived from 1: 511:Science fiction video games 547: 283:Vol. 2 No. 8 (1995 August) 516:Single-player video games 434: 127:and released in 1995 for 46:Visionaries International 29: 365:"Review: Alien Virus" 307:on December 21, 1996. 266:Computer Gaming World 149:Computer Gaming World 300:Computer Game Review 206:joked that although 176:Computer Game Review 478: 477: 112: 111: 538: 491:1995 video games 421: 414: 407: 398: 373: 372: 361: 355: 347: 341: 333: 327: 326: 315: 309: 308: 303:. Archived from 290: 284: 276: 270: 262: 256: 255: 247: 194:German magazine 163:was reviewed in 34: 22: 546: 545: 541: 540: 539: 537: 536: 535: 521:Trecision games 481: 480: 479: 474: 430: 425: 382: 377: 376: 363: 362: 358: 348: 344: 334: 330: 317: 316: 312: 292: 291: 287: 277: 273: 263: 259: 249: 248: 244: 239: 145: 137: 66:Angelo Bordieri 45: 20: 19:1995 video game 17: 16:1995 video game 12: 11: 5: 544: 542: 534: 533: 528: 523: 518: 513: 508: 503: 501:DOS-only games 498: 493: 483: 482: 476: 475: 473: 472: 469:The Watchmaker 465: 464:(co-developed) 457: 450: 443: 435: 432: 431: 426: 424: 423: 416: 409: 401: 395: 394: 381: 380:External links 378: 375: 374: 371:on 2008-07-25. 356: 342: 328: 325:on 2014-02-23. 310: 285: 271: 257: 241: 240: 238: 235: 230:System Shock 2 216:Just Adventure 144: 141: 136: 133: 110: 109: 104: 100: 99: 94: 88: 87: 84: 80: 79: 74: 68: 67: 64: 58: 57: 54: 48: 47: 42: 36: 35: 27: 26: 18: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 543: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 488: 486: 471: 470: 466: 463: 462: 458: 456: 455: 451: 449: 448: 444: 442: 441: 437: 436: 433: 429: 422: 417: 415: 410: 408: 403: 402: 399: 393: 389: 388: 384: 383: 379: 370: 366: 360: 357: 353: 352: 346: 343: 339: 338: 332: 329: 324: 320: 314: 311: 306: 302: 301: 296: 289: 286: 282: 281: 275: 272: 268: 267: 261: 258: 253: 246: 243: 236: 234: 232: 231: 226: 222: 218: 217: 211: 209: 205: 204: 199: 198: 192: 189: 185: 180: 178: 177: 172: 168: 167: 162: 158: 155: 151: 150: 142: 140: 134: 132: 130: 126: 123:developed by 122: 118: 117: 108: 107:Single-player 105: 101: 98: 95: 93: 89: 85: 81: 78: 75: 73: 69: 65: 63: 59: 55: 53: 49: 43: 41: 37: 33: 28: 23: 467: 459: 452: 446: 445: 438: 386: 369:the original 359: 349: 345: 335: 331: 323:the original 313: 305:the original 298: 288: 278: 274: 264: 260: 251: 245: 228: 224: 220: 214: 213:The website 212: 207: 201: 195: 193: 187: 183: 182:The website 181: 174: 170: 164: 160: 159: 153: 147: 146: 138: 115: 114: 113: 52:Publisher(s) 40:Developer(s) 454:Ark of Time 447:Alien Virus 387:Alien Virus 354:(Jan, 1996) 340:(Jan, 1996) 269:(Jul, 1995) 225:Alien Virus 208:Alien Virus 188:Alien Virus 171:Alien Virus 161:Alien Virus 154:Alien Virus 116:Alien Virus 72:Platform(s) 62:Composer(s) 56:Nova Spring 25:Alien Virus 485:Categories 237:References 121:video game 496:DOS games 461:Nightlong 428:Trecision 392:MobyGames 351:PC Player 203:PC Player 184:Game Zero 143:Reception 125:Trecision 97:Adventure 44:Trecision 440:Profezia 337:PC Games 280:PC Gamer 197:PC Games 166:PC Gamer 92:Genre(s) 186:said: " 103:Mode(s) 83:Release 129:MS-DOS 77:MS-DOS 221:Alien 152:gave 119:is a 135:Plot 86:1995 390:at 487:: 297:. 131:. 420:e 413:t 406:v

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Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)
Platform(s)
MS-DOS
Genre(s)
Adventure
Single-player
video game
Trecision
MS-DOS
Computer Gaming World
PC Gamer
Computer Game Review
PC Games
PC Player
Just Adventure
System Shock 2
Computer Gaming World
PC Gamer
"It's Dark and Scary and Stuff"
Computer Game Review
the original
"Game Zero's PC Gaming Arena Reviews"
the original
PC Games
PC Player
"Review: Alien Virus"
the original

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